Lupe Fiasco vs. In Pete Rock?

After we thought the hatch was buried following Pete Rock's tweets, Lupe hit up "Sway In The Morning" and expressed disappointment and frustration with Pete Rock. Lupe cleared up some talk explaining the following, Lupe did get clearance on his record from the label. He also says Pete Rock wasn’t suppose to tweet about their “epic” upcoming homage to Troy and Heavy D. Seems as if the situation hasn’t been resolved yet, huh? Although earlier this week it appeared that rappers Pete Rock and Lupe Fiasco had cleared up their issues stemming from the release of Lupe’s “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free),” following an interview between Sway Calloway and Lupe it appears that their issues have not been fully resolved. A seemingly heated Lupe appeared on “Sway In The Morning” to share his side of the story and explained his songs use of a sample from Pete Rock’s “T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You).” “We reached out to Pete in November, right? My team. It was my partner’s idea,” Lupe explained. “He wanted to go back, take an iconic Hip Hop record, flip it, breathe some life into it, and bring it back to new school. That’s the whole point of it so we reached out to Pete…When we rap over the original instrumental we send it to get cleared, Warner Chapel tells us ‘No, that’s the publishing company.’ They tell us ‘You can’t clear that. It’s unclearable.’ There’s portions of that song that have never been cleared before ever. You have to remake it.” Lupe later went on to speak on his phone conversation with Pete Rock which consisted of himself and several other people and wasn’t as pleasant as many may have assumed it was. “The funny part is you ain’t even got to go through Pete Rock to clear cause he don’t even own it,” said the rapper. "Then he comes on Twitter the day after the joint’s released or it’s the same day that it’s released and bodies me like that and bodies my crew like that. And just shits on us like that. That’s foul. Then when we finally get on the phone, we didn’t have a [good] conversation. We weren’t on the phone like ‘Oh, I love you Pete at the end of the day.’ I was hot. My crew was hot. The people who put it together was hot. The record company was hot. He just wasn’t on the phone with me; he was on the phone with six people. Like Pete what’s wrong with you? Going in on us like that. We’re trying to pay homage to you.” “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)” will be featured on Food & Liquor 2 when it’s released in September. Tensions have been high between Lupe Fiasco and Pete Rock over the past few days. Earlier in the week Lupe Fiasco released his single "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)” which Pete Rock dubbed as 'wack,' because it used a sample of his and CL Smooth's classic "T.R.O.Y." Eventually Rock said that the two had patched things up, but Lupe told a different story during a recent interview on "Sway in the Morning." On Friday Pete Rock released an official statement, trying to clear the entire thing up. Read below. Pete Rock: "It's true that Lupe Fiasco's representative from Atlantic Records contacted me last fall and he did so while I was in mourning over the sudden death of my cousin Heavy D. I gave the representative a conditional "yes" to use T.R.O.Y. for Lupe's album but only based on the condition that I be involved on the project. It's what I always say when approached by people who want to use that particular song. I was never contacted again. At no point was there any follow up from Atlantic Records. Now, the story gets twisted and it's being said that I said "yes." The part about my conditions has been left out to make me seem like I'm a hypocrite. When I heard about the song again, it was done, completed, and playing on the radio...and that was Monday night. It's true that people have made T.R.O.Y. over. I can't control what's done with my work after it's already out there but I can control who gets my blessings. Those who involve me and respect me in the process, get my blessings. Those who work behind my back – but all the while putting up a front like I'm down with it - don't. I'm flattered that they wanted to remake my song and that they respect it for the classic that it is. I just think they should have talked to Atlantic Records to make sure things were done right. The biggest violation is from Atlantic Records but what can you expect? Labels are corporations and their whole point is to sell records. If they respect the artist in the process that would be nice, but they're not required. For as political as Lupe as, I expected him to know that and to have hopefully made them more accountable. I'm surprised that he's siding with the corporation on this. Technically, there was no crime committed with the release of Lupe's version of my song. Technically, the song can be out there but I'm not talking about legalities. I'm asking: Where's the respect for the code among artists? No ego, but I know my place in this game. I'm recognized as a legend and I accept that. But most of all, I'm a grown man. The love and admiration that people have for me as a producer and as a man of honor has been non-stop, consistent for over 20 years. That's based on something that can't be touched. My music and my character stands for itself. T.R.O.Y was a career-defining song has gotten me invited to the White House. It's not just because people think the production is dope. It's also because of what the song stands for. I want my music to touch people but I don't want to be walked over or lied on in the process. I admit that my outburst on Monday night on Twitter was based on my reminiscing about Heav and Troy. I think about them every day. I apologize for being emotional about this. I had no intentions of hurting Lupe's career. That's not me. I'm known for building up not breaking down careers. Moving forward, I'm 100% in control and focused on what's good."